Bureaucracy

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Aug 21, 2025 • via BBC News

Britain Scraps Its Space Agency While the Rest of the World Builds Theirs

The UK Just Reversed 15 Years of Space Progress to Save Pennies

The UK Space Agency was established in 2010 to foster growth in the space sector, but its recent dissolution marks a significant regression in the country's space ambitions.

Jun 22, 2025 • via Financial Times

HMRC's Small Business Tax Collapse: When the Revenue Collector Can't Collect Revenue

Again, the Numbers Tell the Story

While Treasury ministers promise to make "everyone pay their fair share," the latest HMRC figures reveal a tax collection system in institutional breakdown, with small businesses now successfully avoiding 40% of what they owe.

Jun 18, 2025 • via BBC News

Scotland's Prison Crisis: Violent Criminals Released Early as System Collapses

How Emergency Measures Become Institutional Normalization

Scotland has just admitted it can no longer perform one of the state's most basic functions: keeping violent criminals in prison for their court-ordered sentences. In February and March 2025, authorities released 312 inmates—including 152 violent offenders—after serving just 40% of their terms, down from an already inadequate 50% threshold established months earlier.